The APF TV Fun was an early competitor of Pong manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan in 1976. It featured four built in games, a built in speaker, and two controller knobs, Toggle Switches (choices were "Professional" and "Amateur") for the following settings - Angle / Bat Size / Ball Speed. There were 2 buttons - Power and Start Game, and a dial to select between the four built-in games. It could be powered by either the included AC adapter or by using six C size batteries.

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  • The APF TV Fun was an early competitor of Pong manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan in 1976. It featured four built in games, a built in speaker, and two controller knobs, Toggle Switches (choices were "Professional" and "Amateur") for the following settings - Angle / Bat Size / Ball Speed. There were 2 buttons - Power and Start Game, and a dial to select between the four built-in games. It could be powered by either the included AC adapter or by using six C size batteries. The game was named by 11 year old Stuart Lipper the son of the CFO and Nephew of the President, he was paid $1 for his efforts. The TV Fun package was the first excursion of APF into the video game market, APF was formerly a calculator and other small electronics developer. TV Fun was one of the largest selling TV games of its time. It was sold at Sears under the name Hockey Jockari. TV Fun was followed up by the MP 1000 and thenAPF Imagination Machine a few years later. The TV Fun included just four titles, and had no way of adding more through a cartridge system. Those four titles were Tennis, Hockey, Single Handball, and Squash - all of which were variations on the typical pong formula. The system itself was 16" x 7.5" x 3" and featured a faux-woodgrain finish, as did many of the early home video game consoles.
  • APF TV Fun fue una videoconsola tipo PONG lanzada por APF Electronics Inc. Fue una de las primeras consolas basadas en el chip AY-3-8500 de General Instrument. Ofrece cuatro juegos Pong básicos: tenis, hóckey, pelota vasca y frontón. Los modelos 401, 401A y Sportsarama comparten la misma carcasa hexagonal en plástico simulando madera, con dos potenciómetros, uno a cada lado, para controlar el juego, metalizados. En la zona superior hay otra placa metalizada con 3 interruptores (encedido/apagado, seleccionar opciones del juego y modo de servicio. Un dial central selecciona el tipo de juego, y a cada lado de él hay dos pulsadores, uno de RESET y otro para servir la bola. Uno de esos modelos incluye una pistola óptica. El modelo 405 cambia a carcasa rectangular en plástico simulando madera, con dos paddles, cada uno conectado por un pequeño cable y con una cuna en la carcasa a cada lado del panel de control. APF es un negocio familiar que comienza importado equipos estéreo de Japón y calculadoras. Por la querella que les presenta Magnavox les obliga a contactar con el creador de la bomba V2, para demostrar que el primer juego se patenta en Alemania . Es vendido a Sears y es el segundo en ventas tras el PONG.
  • L'APF TV Fun è una console che implementa uno dei primi cloni di PONG. La macchina è stata prodotta dalla APF Electronics Inc. nel Regno Unito nel 1976. Includeva i giochi all'interno della macchina oltre a un altoparlante e due controller inclusi nel corpo della console. La macchina poteva essere alimentata da un trasformatore o da 6 batterie. Il TV Fun è il primo esperimento della APF nel settore dei videogiochi. APF produceva calcolatrici e altri piccoli dispositivi elettronici e il TV Fun era il suo primo progetto di una certo respiro. Questa console ebbe un successo limitato ma apri la strada alla APF Imagination Machine, una console che pochi anni dopo ebbe un buon successo. Il TV Fun include quattro giochi: Tennis, Hockey Single Handball e Squash, tutte varianti del classico PONG.
  • APF TV Fun — серия игровых приставок производства APF Electronics Inc, выпускалась в 1976—1977 годах. Классический представитель приставок Pong-типа. С APF TV Fun компания APF Electronics, производитель калькуляторов и другой вычислительной техники, вышла на рынок игровых систем.
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  • Standard
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  • AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instruments
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  • APF Electronics Inc.
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  • Vertical orientation, black-and-white raster display, standard resolution
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  • Sports simulation
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  • 2 rotating knobs
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  • APF Electronics Inc.
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  • Amplified mono (one channel)
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  • APF TV Fun
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  • The APF TV Fun was an early competitor of Pong manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan in 1976. It featured four built in games, a built in speaker, and two controller knobs, Toggle Switches (choices were "Professional" and "Amateur") for the following settings - Angle / Bat Size / Ball Speed. There were 2 buttons - Power and Start Game, and a dial to select between the four built-in games. It could be powered by either the included AC adapter or by using six C size batteries.
  • APF TV Fun fue una videoconsola tipo PONG lanzada por APF Electronics Inc. Fue una de las primeras consolas basadas en el chip AY-3-8500 de General Instrument. Ofrece cuatro juegos Pong básicos: tenis, hóckey, pelota vasca y frontón. Los modelos 401, 401A y Sportsarama comparten la misma carcasa hexagonal en plástico simulando madera, con dos potenciómetros, uno a cada lado, para controlar el juego, metalizados.
  • L'APF TV Fun è una console che implementa uno dei primi cloni di PONG. La macchina è stata prodotta dalla APF Electronics Inc. nel Regno Unito nel 1976. Includeva i giochi all'interno della macchina oltre a un altoparlante e due controller inclusi nel corpo della console. La macchina poteva essere alimentata da un trasformatore o da 6 batterie. Il TV Fun è il primo esperimento della APF nel settore dei videogiochi.
  • APF TV Fun — серия игровых приставок производства APF Electronics Inc, выпускалась в 1976—1977 годах. Классический представитель приставок Pong-типа. С APF TV Fun компания APF Electronics, производитель калькуляторов и другой вычислительной техники, вышла на рынок игровых систем.
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  • APF TV Fun
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  • APF TV Fun
  • APF TV Fun
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